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Andy Lawrence
18 May 2022
Outages: understanding the human factor

Analyzing human error — with a view to preventing it — has always been challenging for data center operators. The cause of a failure can lie in how well a process was taught, how tired, well trained or resourced the staff are, or whether the…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Lenny Simon Daniel Bizo Jacqueline Davis
12 May 2022
Uptime Institute Direct Liquid Cooling Survey 2022

 

Data Reports 4 min read
Lenny Simon Daniel Bizo
6 May 2022
Crypto data centers: the good, the bad and the electric

A single tweet in May 2021 brought unprecedented public attention to a relatively unknown issue. Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that because of the large energy consumption associated with the use of Bitcoin, Tesla would no longer accept it as currency…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Andy Lawrence Jay Dietrich
3 May 2022
Navigating regulations and standards

Data centers are subject to an expanding set of sustainability measurement and reporting requirements — most are voluntary but will increasingly be mandated. Operators need to prepare to meet these requirements.

Keynote Reports 20 min read
Andy Lawrence Jay Dietrich
3 May 2022
Three key elements: water, circularity and siting

As part of a sustainability strategy, focused attention on water use, circularity requirements and data center siting / design specifications will contribute significantly to sustainable data center operations.

Keynote Reports 20 min read
Andy Lawrence Jay Dietrich
3 May 2022
IT efficiency: the critical core of digital sustainability

Data center operators can combine existing reliability, resiliency and performance metrics with freshly minted sustainability benchmarks to convey a compelling IT system efficiency message.

Keynote Reports 20 min read
Andy Lawrence Jay Dietrich
3 May 2022
Reducing the energy footprint

Energy consumption by data centers has a significant environmental impact and operating cost. Consequently, tracking energy-related measurements and metrics should be embedded in routine business processes and operations.

Keynote Reports 20 min read
Andy Lawrence Jay Dietrich
3 May 2022
Tackling greenhouse gases

A data center GHG emissions reduction plan should optimize and minimize energy consumption and focus on the procurement of renewable or zero-emissions energy to supply the facility.

Keynote Reports 20 min read
Andy Lawrence Jay Dietrich
3 May 2022
Creating a sustainability strategy

This report, the first in a series, sets out the main elements of a digital infrastructure sustainability strategy and details some of the processes, challenges, metrics and outcomes.

Keynote Reports 20 min read
Andy Lawrence Jay Dietrich
2 May 2022
Glossary of digital infrastructure sustainability

This high-level glossary of terms accompanies the Uptime Institute Intelligence report series, ‘Digital infrastructure sustainability — A manager’s guide’.

Keynote Reports 12 min read
Andy Lawrence Douglas Donnellan Lenny Simon
29 Apr 2022
Annual outage analysis 2022

Avoiding downtime remains a top priority for managers of critical digital infrastructure. As the demands placed on IT change, so do the types, frequency and impacts of outages. This report draws lessons from recent outage data.

Keynote Reports 50 min read
Jacqueline Davis Daniel Bizo
27 Apr 2022
The ultimate liquid cooling: heat rejection into water

Uptime Institute’s data on power usage effectiveness (PUE) is a testament to the progress the data center industry has made in energy efficiency over the past 10 years. However, global average PUEs have been largely stalling at close to 1.6 since…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Andy Lawrence
14 Apr 2022
The shock waves from Ukraine

How is the Ukraine conflict affecting digital infrastructure and the data sector? In response to multiple queries, Uptime Institute Intelligence has identified six main areas where operators and customers of digital infrastructure are experiencing…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Jay Dietrich Andy Lawrence
11 Apr 2022
Digital infrastructure sustainability – a manager’s guide

This series of Uptime Intelligence reports guides managers and responsible operators through the complex set of issues involved in creating an environmental sustainability strategy for data centers and associated digital infrastructure.

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Dr. Owen Rogers
6 Apr 2022
Cloud SLAs punish, not compensate

A service level agreement (SLA) is a contract between a cloud provider and a user. The SLA describes the provider’s minimum level of service, specified by performance metrics, and the compensation due to the user should the provider fail to deliver…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read